Improvement in renovating harness and otheb articles made of leather



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A CAROLINE McCLEARY, OF HOLLIDAYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, EXEOUTRIX OF THELAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF DAVID McOLEARY, DEOEASEDQASSIGNOR TO GEORGEH. McOLEARY, OF THE SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 66,982, dated July 23, 1867-.

IMPROVEMENT IN RENQVATING HARNESS AND OTHER ARTICLES MADE OF LEATHER- TOALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that DAVID MGCLEARY, deceased,- lnte of Hol'lidaysburg,Blair county, Pennsylvania, did, during his lifetime, invent a. new anduseful Improvement in Cleaning Harness and other Leather; nndl, CAROLINEMcCLEARY', executrix of the last will and testament of said DAVIDMcCnEARY, deceased, do hereby declare that the following is a. full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to fully understand and make use of the same.

This invention has for its object to furnish an improved process, by theuse of which old harness and other dry and hard lent-her may berenovated or made soft, pliable, and tough; and it consists in soakingthe leather in a. preparation of sumach, wood nshes, snl-soda, andyarrou', mixed in the proportions and, prepared and npplied in themanner hereinafter more fully described.

In preparing this composition use the ingredients in the followingproportions: five pounds of sumach of' the last years growth, one and ahalf peek of wood ashes, one and a half pound of sad-soda, and one and ahalf pound of yarrow. These ingredients should be well boiled in a.large kettle, and then poured into a'bnrrel of the ordinary size, orinto any convenient cask or vessel of the same capacity, which should hefilledup with rain or soft water. The harness or other leather to becleaned and softened is then put into this barrel and allowed to remainin the decoction twenty-four hours, or longer if it is very hard anddry.v The harness or leather is then taken out, thoroughly washed inclean water, and afterwards well oiled. The oil for this purpose shouldhave lamp-black mixed with it in about the proportion of one quarter ofa pound of lump-black to two gallons of oil I Harness or leathertregtted in this way, however dry and hard it may have been, will becomesoft, pliable, and thoroughly renovated, so that strings out from itwill be as strong as if out from new leather.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent The compositionfor cleaning old harness and other dry and hard leather, composed of theingredients in the proportions and prepared and applied in the mannersubstantially as herein described and-set forth.

I CAROLINE McCLEARY,

Executrix of the last Will and Testament of David llIcC'Zeary, deceased.

Witnesses Cu. S. LILLY, O. D. BOWERS.

